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Serving all of Baytown, Lynchburg, Highlands, McNair, Barrett Station, Crosby, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac and West Chambers County
July 15, 2003
Volume 81, No. 232
Telephone: 281-422-8302
www. bay townsun. com
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State designates Goose Creek as wealthy district
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ByBETHGULLETT
the Baytown Sun
BAYTOWN — Robin Hood has hit
Goose Creek at a time when the district
is experiencing one of the worst budget
crises in 16 years.
During Monday’s board meeting
Katie Bowman, director of accounting,
announced to board members that the
state declared the district Chapter 41,
commonly referred to as the Robin
Hood plan, late Monday afternoon.
Chapter 41 districts are required to
give anything over $305,000 worth of
property value per student to property
poor districts.
The district has been considered a
gap district because it fell in between
being a property rich district and prop- The district has the option to either
erty poor district. But for the past year, return the excess funding to the state or
Bowman said the district has been tee- become a partner with an area district
tering on the edge of becoming a prop- and give the money directly to another
erty rich district. district, or the district could do both.
“The state used the numbers from last Assistant Superintendent of
October that were $316,000 per student, Business Paul McLarty said the district
but recent numbers show us at about needs to investigate all options before
a chance the district will not remain a
Chapter 41 district for the entire year.
“We need to find out how to get that
money back, if we’re not a Chapter 41
district at the end pf the year. This is new
territory we’re Mazing,” McLarty said.
Being declared a Chapter 41 district
$306,000 (per student),” Bowman said, making any decisions, because there is
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HURRICANE WARNING
OLDRIVER-WINFREE
Citizens raise
concerns at
City Council
By MATTHEW COOK
The Baytown Sun
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SPECTATORS GATHER ALONG SEAWALL BOULEVARD near 37th Street in Galveston, Texas, as they look into the Gulf of Mexico at sunset, Monday.
Tropical Storm Claudette is expected to fnake landfall today.
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for trcpcal storm Claudette
SEADRIFT, Texas — Texans along a 200-mile
stretch of coastline braced for hurricane-force winds,
torrential rain and pounding tides as Tropical Storm
Claudette plodded toward land, heading north of
where forecasters initially anticipated.
The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane
warning from the sparsely populated area around
Baffin Bay, 30 miles south of Corpus Christi, to High
Island, just east of Galveston and some 75 miles south
of Houston. Forecasters believed Claudette could
SOURCE: AccuWeether
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MORE COVERAGE:
STORM TRACKING CHART/8B
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By MATTHEW COOK
The Baytown Sun " >
BAYTOWN — City officials ireCortunend that Ideal
residents spend today making preparations for
Tropical Storm Claudette, which is expected to make
landfall tonight.
At 10 p.m. Monday, the National Hurricane Center
reported that Claudette had turned west, and was
expected to make landfall today in (he Central Texas
Coast, near Port O’Connor.
Baytown Emergency Management Coordinator
Bernard Olive said the city planned to open the
See BAYTOWN on Page 6A
OLD RIVER-WINFREE — City Council intro-
duced the 2003-04 budget, appointed a new council
member and heard concerns from a handful of citi-
zens during a packed, and occasionally rowdy, meet-
ing Monday night.
Approximately 50 people attended Monday’s
„ _ the first since Mayor Clayton Barber
ked out of a meeting in June before calling the
proceedings to order.
Several citizens raised concerns with city council,
or spoke out in support of certain city programs.
Resident Rick Caudle questioned Barber about his
actions during the June 9 council meeting. Before
leaving that meeting, Barber said that Municipal
Judge Richard Park made all the decisions for the
city. ,
Caudle asked Barber to show him examples of
titties that Park made decisions for city council.
Barber referred to the minutes of a Jan. 13, 2003
meeting.
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Barrett Station marks
Homecoming Week
By WHIT SNYDER
The Baytown Sun
Today begins Homecoming Week in Barrett
Station. The celebration runs through Saturday and is
a chance for residents and non-residents to gather
and commemorate the community’s past and present
and rekindle old friendships.
Today’s activities will include the Fifth Annual
Queen Contest in which the reigning Ms. Barrett
Station passes off her crown to a newly-selected
See HOMECOMING on Page 3A
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Chambers Co. to reposition radio transmitter
■ Project aims to help
emergency personnel
By MATTHEW COOK
The Baytown Sun
ANAHUAC — Chambers
County officials hope a plan to relo-
cate a radio transmitter within the
county will improve the functional-
ity of pagers belonging to emer-
gency personnel.
County commissioners voted to
go ahead with the $8,500 project to
position the transmitter on a radio
tower owned by Dow Chemical.
The transmitter is currently position
on a transmitter owned by the
Chambers County Sheriff’s
Department.
However, Volunteer fire fighters
and other emergency, personnel
report problems receiving j»ges in
emergency situations in many parts
of the county, particularly Winnie.
By relocating the transmitter,
officials hope to increase the opera-
tional radius from approximately 22
miles to approximately 42 miles.
Most of tiie project cost will go to
cover equipment, though there are*
also costs associated with the work
crew hired to install the transmitter
approximately 300 feet high.
Also Monday, County Engineer
Don Brandon said the*county
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Anahuac council debates garbage pickup
By WHIT SNYDER
The Baytown Sun
ANAHUAC — A suggestion by City
Administrator Stephone Taylor that the
city cut garbage pickup for residents in
half sparked debate at the Anahuac City
Coundl rfieeting Monday.
During the city administrator's report
portion of the meeting, Aaylor rolled out
a large plastic garbage can in front of the
council desk and shared with aldermen
city garbage pickup, which had resulted
in an idea to cut service back from twice
a week to once a week.
"We are just one workman's compen-
sation liability case away from a major
problem," Taylor told the board. "As a
result of my concerns about insurance
and cost issues to the city, I think we
might consider cutting our solid waste
pickup back to once a week."
Taylor, who noted he still had final
his concerns 4bput issues surrounding
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